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Soviets Ahead In Venus Landing Says JPL Chief
JPL head Dr. William H. Pickering says the Soviet Venus landing shows an interplanetary program 10 to 20 times the U S effort, with the United States slow to fund planned missions for the 1970s. He notes U S plans were cut, Mars flybys remaining, and warns Congress funds are scarce.
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